{"nrhp_refnum":"05000273","name":"Spencer, John, House","other_names":["The Spencer House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1080 Haight St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.771375024000065,"lon":-122.43994837899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Queen Anne mansion at 1080 Haight Street, at the corner of Haight and Baker Streets in San Francisco, built around 1895 for John Spencer. It was designed by architect Frederick P. Rabin and built by William Tegeler.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the few relatively unaltered, free-standing Queen Anne mansions left in San Francisco. It keeps most of its original exterior fabric, hundreds of carved redwood ornaments, eight stained glass windows and rich oak interiors. It also has a massive concrete foundation and sound framing that have survived earthquakes and long neglect.","narrative":"Built around 1895 on three lots at Haight and Baker Streets in San Francisco, this four-story Queen Anne mansion was commissioned by John Spencer, a millinery merchant, from architect Frederick P. Rabin and builder William Tegeler. Its corner position allowed ornament on all four sides, unusual in a city of row houses. The exterior carries hundreds of redwood carvings, including cartouches, acanthus foliage and shells, along with eight stained glass windows. Inside, quarter-sawn oak woodwork, parquet floors and Lincrusta wainscot survive. A 13-inch concrete foundation and heavy framing have kept the structure sound through earthquakes. After decades of neglect from the 1950s to the early 1980s, the interior was restored and the house became a bed and breakfast. A full exterior restoration followed in 2001. Roughly 95 percent of the exterior fabric is original. It was listed for its architecture and its well-preserved range of period craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"1895","architect_builder":"Rabin, Frederick P. - Architect; Tegeler, William - Builder","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a bed and breakfast since the mid-1980s; the nomination says it is undergoing modernization of electrical, plumbing and heating systems.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.589681-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/05000273.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000273/f1aee8b385-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000273/f1aee8b385-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Spencer_House_(San_Francisco).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Spencer_House_(San_Francisco).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861313","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133463887"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/spencer-john-house-05000273/"}